Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether, in light of the United Kingdom's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, they would register as a British citizen a minor who is born abroad in the following circumstances (a) both the father and the mother of the child are British citizens by descent by virtue of their registration under Schedule 2 to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990; (b) both the father and mother of the child became British Dependent Territories citizens otherwise than by descent on commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981 but ceased to be such citizens by virtue of Section 2(2) of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990; (c) both the father and the mother of the child have no nationality or citizenship other than British citizenship; (d) the child is and has always been stateless; (e) the child is not entitled to acquire the nationality or citizenship of any other country; (f) both parents consent to the registration;(g) there is no reason to refuse the application on character grounds; and (h) neither the father or mother is ordinarily resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom nor is it clear that the child's future clearly lies in the United Kingdom.

Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will register as a British citizen under Section 3(1) of the British NationalityAct 1981 a child who satisfies all the requirements for registration under Section 3(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 except the requirement specified in Section 3(3)(b) because the fatheror mother of the parent in question became a British citizen otherwise than by descent under section 1(1) of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The 12 following cases are among many that demonstrate the benefits of the National DNA Database.
	Ian O'Callaghan In 1994, Shirley Leach, a66 year-old widow, was sexually assaulted and murdered in a toilet at Bury bus station. In 2006, Ian O'Callaghan was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and a DNA sample taken that matched DNA found at the crime scene. O'Callaghan was jailed for life for the murder in November 2006.
	James Lloyd Between 1983 and 1986 a number of women in the Rotherham area were raped by a man who appeared to have an obsession with their shoes, which he stole. The cases were reopened in 2001. DNA taken from the crimes did not match directly with anyone on the database but did show a partial match with a woman whose DNA had been sampled when she was arrested for a drink-driving offence, showing that a close relative of hers could have been involved. This led ultimately to the conviction in 2006 of James Lloyd for four rapes and two attempted rapes.
	Lee and Stephen Ainsby In 1995 a 17 year-old girl was walking home from a night out with friends in Banbury when she was forced into a car by two men, taken to an isolated rural area and repeatedly raped. In 2003 Lee Ainsby was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and a DNA sample was taken. In 2005 the evidence from the case was reanalysed and samples were loaded on the DNA database. One matched Lee Ainsby; another did not match anyone on the database but must have come from a close relative of Lee. A DNA sample was taken from Lee's brother Stephen, which matched the second sample from the crime. Lee and Stephen Ainsby were convicted and received 10 years each for rape and five years each for kidnapping.
	Darren Jennings On Boxing Day 1991, a 20 year-old woman was on her way home when she was dragged into a Manchester builders' yard and raped. In 2004 the case was reopened and a DNA sample was recovered from the evidence retained. This matched Darren Jennings who was jailed for eight years for rape in October 2005.
	David Kirby In 1989 an 18 year-old and her boyfriend were held up at gunpoint in a car park in Tunbridge Wells and the girl was raped. The case was reopened when technological improvements allowed DNA to be retrieved from the evidence. In April 2005, David Kirby was jailed for 13 years on one count of rape and two of false imprisonment.
	Paul Collings In October 1989 a student was raped in her bedroom at the University of Sussex. Two months later, a student was raped and another indecently assaulted in their bedroom at the University of Kent. In 2004 the case was reopened and DNA taken from samples was found to match that of Paul Collings, who was found guilty of two rapes and an indecent assault in 2006.
	Isse Botan A 22 year-old American tourist on her first trip abroad to London in 1993 asked a man for directions. He dragged her into a disused garage and raped her. In 2005 the case was reopened. Technical improvements allowed DNA to be retrieved from the evidence. It matched that from Isse Botan and he was jailed for 12 years for rape in January 2006.
	Neville Douglas In 1991 an 18 year-old accepted a lift home after leaving a London nightclub and was raped in the car. The case was reopened and DNA was retrieved that matched that from Neville Douglas. He was jailed for nine years for rape in 2005.
	David Decoteau In 1996 a woman was raped in the back office of the west London shop that she worked in. A cold-case review in 2006 matched a sample from the crime with David Decoteau, who was found guilty of rape in January 2007.
	Ricky Brown In 1992 a woman agreed to go for a drink with a man she met in a launderette in Orpington. As they walked together she became suspicious and tried to escape but he raped her. Following a cold-case review, Ricky Brown was convicted of the offence in January 2007.
	James Marshall In 1992 a woman was walking to a fair in Bury when she was dragged into some scrubland and raped. After a cold-case review, James Marshall was jailed for 18 years for rape in 2006.
	Graham Darbyshire In 1995 a woman walking her dog in Witton Park, Blackburn, was raped. Technical improvements allowed a DNA sample taken from the attack to be matched with Graham Darbyshire, who was jailed for life for this attack and another in 1993.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: "Cold case review" is a process of examining past unsolved crimes to see if new evidence can be gathered in the light of scientific advances, rather than an attempt to prove that convicted persons are in fact innocent. We cannot therefore identify cases where convictions were quashed by cold case review. However, DNA does indeed eliminate the innocent through work done during the investigation, before the stage where charges are brought. For example, in the case of the murders of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in 1983 and 1986, a local youth confessed to the second murder. DNA testing eliminated him and later led to the conviction of Colin Pitchfork for both crimes. In the case of the murder of Caroline Dickinson on a school trip to France in 1996, a French vagrant confessed and was eliminated by DNA evidence, before the eventual conviction of Francisco Montes.

Lord Ouseley: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When they intend to amend the Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 to make them compatible with the European Equal Treatment Directive.

Lord Howell of Guildford: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What estimates have been made by central Government and local authorities of total public expenditure on sea coastal defences against flooding over (a) the next five years, and (b) the next10 years.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The following jurisdictions have made representations to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport seeking to be permitted to advertise gambling in Great Britain underSection 331 of the Gambling Act 2005:
	AlderneyAlexander First Nation (Canada)Antigua and BarbudaIsle of ManKahnawake First Nation (Canada)Netherlands AntillesTasmania
	We are currently considering these representations and the Secretary of State will announce her decision about which jurisdictions are permitted to advertise in due course.

Lord Adonis: The information as requested is not readily available centrally within the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). To respond fully would involve an extensive internal and external information collection exercise which would exceed the recommended disproportionate cost threshold. DfES does not keep central telephony records for its arm's-length bodies. However, to be helpful, the following information, relating solely to DfES headquarters, can be provided.
	DfES currently employs a total of 35 non-geographic telephone numbers. These can be categorised broadly into two groups: those for use by citizens and those for use internally by DfES staff.
	The DfES does not participate in revenue-share schemes associated with non-geographic telephone numbers and therefore derives no revenue from the use of these numbers.
	Services used by citizens and accessed by customers calling non-geographic telephone numbers include (number of telephone lines in brackets):
	Employment Service (2): citizens are able to obtain up-to-date information and advice on jobs and vacancies.Jobcentre Plus helpline (1): citizens are able to contact Jobcentre Plus to discuss the services it offers.Student support funding helpline (1): provides advice and guidance in connection with funding and support available for higher education services.Career development loans helpline (1): advice and guidance on adult learning loans.Aim Higher helpline (1): provides a complete guide to higher education services.Childcare recruitment (2): provides information on careers and training opportunities, working in early years childcare and play work.Attainment and achievement level tables orderline (1): Schools performance tables order line.Public communications helpline (2): DfES inquiry line. Manage inquiries from members of the public.Main DfES switchboard number (1): will direct the inquirer to the area or team they wish to contact.Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) (1): the main number for the public to contact OSA, which administers and manages school admission arrangements, statutory proposals from primary and secondary schools.Child Support Agency (CSA) (1): originally set up as the initial contact point for the CSA. This number is no longer used for the CSA and will be re-allocated or ceased.Publications helpline/fax (3): manage requests to order official publications relating to the work of the DfES. Education maintenance allowance (3): a dedicated helpline for local partners, schools and colleges involved in delivering EMA to answer general and administrative queries.Learning Journey (1).Schools for Life—Get on Campaign line (1): advice and guidance on skills for life initiative which aims to improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of adults. Small firms training scheme (1): now a DWP equality schemes order line. The scheme helps businesses with up to 50 employees for vocational education or training.Star award helpline (1): used by Quality Improvement Agency (for lifelong learning) from April 06.Headship information line (1): provides information in connection with the national headship training programmes which were established to provide a range of opportunities to support the development of the skills and understanding required successfully to lead schools.

Lord Ouseley: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the detention of children for the purpose of immigration control is compatiblewith children's right to liberty and the United Kingdom's international human rights obligations; and what action they propose to take to provide minimum safeguards to ensure that the rights of children are not infringed.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Information on fixed penalty notices issued for endorsable and non-endorsable motoring offences by offence groups and police force area can be found in the annual Home Office publication Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales, 2004 Supplementary tables (latest available)—tables 20(a) to 20(c) refer. Copiesare available in the Library. 2005 data will be available later this year; 2006 data will be available in 2008.
	Data are also collected centrally on the disposal (that is, paid, fine registration certificate issued et cetera) of fixed penalty notices issued. However, because of the time taken for the procedures for payment to be enforced, the data are collected approximately nine months later than the periodof issue. Tables 21 (a) and 21(b) of the above publication details data by number and percentage of fixed penalty notices by result for the previousyear (2003).
	In 2005, 18,047 penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) were issued by the Metropolitan Police. Of these, 7,867 were paid in full and 945 recipients elected to have their case heard in court. A further 8,786 had a fine of one and a half times the penalty amount registered against them by the courts as they both failed to pay the penalty and request a court hearing. An additional 145 PNDs were cancelled due to administrative error or mitigating circumstances and, in the remaining 304 cases, the outcome was unknown as they were still in progress at the time annual figures were submitted.
	Provisional data for January to June 2006 shows that 9,663 PNDs were issued by the Metropolitan Police. Provisional data for the whole of 2006 will be available in April 2007.
	Information on fixed penalty notices for environmental offences and payment rates broken down by area are available via the below weblink at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/legislation/fpn/index.htm.

Baroness Amos: In July 2005, 86 per cent of the nearly 3 million conflict-affected and aid-reliant population were accessible to UN humanitarian aid. The latest figures available indicate that by the beginning of March 2007, the number in need of aid has reached 3,897,352 while the proportion accessible by the UN has dropped to77 per cent.

Lord Alton of Liverpool: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is their estimate of the number of people (a) who were displaced across Darfur inFebruary 2007, and (b) who have fled violence in the region since January 2007; and what is their assessment of the International Committee of the Red Cross report of 22 March 2007 that the plight of the most needy rural communities in Sudan's strife-torn region of Darfur is worsening.

Baroness Amos: The UN estimate that 30,000 people were displaced in Darfur during February 2007. These constitute part of the 107,405 people displaced between 1 January and 1 April, the majority (79,000) were in South Darfur.
	We share the concerns of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the vulnerability of rural communities in Darfur. The pervasive insecurity and the growing number of attacks and car-jackings targeting humanitarian agencies, has made consistent access to rural areas very difficult in most areas and impossible in some others. We are supporting the ICRC and other humanitarian agencies with substantial and flexible funding to assist in reaching those in need while maintaining the safety of their staff.
	The UK utterly condemns the continuing violence targeting civilians and humanitarian workers in Darfur and calls on all sides to cease the violence immediately, renew the ceasefire and political process, and accept the AU/UN peacekeeping force for Darfur.

Lord Rooker: The information requested is not held by Defra orthe Environment Agency (EA). However, the EAdoes hold some information on the tonnage of London waste sent to landfill, detailed in the following tables:
	
		
			 London waste to Landfill—tonnes 
			 Landfill Site 2003 2004 2005 
			 Appleford, Oxfordshire 273,142 485,732 523,477 
			 Arlesley, Bedfordshire 177,814 172,558 173,839 
			 Brogborough Extension, Bedford - 2,050,246 2,245,817 
			 Brogborough Landfill, Bedford 1,876,880 2,166,649 - 
			 Brookhurstwood Warnharm, West Sussex 360,000 400,896 259,490 
			 Calvert Pit 4 Bucks 834,594 841,775 843,259 
			 Mucking Landfill, Thurrock 655,928 669,416 714,043 
			 Pitsea, Essex 867,720 925,106 1,304,114 
			 Rainham Landfill 792,266 1,673,675 1,510,191 
			 Stewartby (L Field), Bedford 428,459 453,324 106,308 
			 Total 6,266,803 9,839,377 7,680,538 
		
	
	
		
			 London municipal waste sent to landfill (thousand tonnes) 
			  2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Landfill 3,207 3,244 3,163 3,021 2,856 2,692 
			 (percentage) 72% 73% 71% 70% 65% 64% 
		
	
	Whilst the total amount of waste produced by London has remained fairly stable between 2000 and 2005, the proportion recycled has almost doubled.